diff --git a/ase/test/awk/t12.awk b/ase/test/awk/t12.awk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9559b66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/test/awk/t12.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+BEGIN 
+{
+	print "line 1" >> "1";
+	print "line 2" > "1";
+	print "line 3" >> "1";
+
+	print "line 4" >> "2";
+	print "line 4" >> "3";
+	print "line 4" >> "4";
+}